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[pyrogue]

Good plan.

[ There's a pause between that text and the next. ]

When you talked to him, did he seem more... friendly?

i mean basically

[airshow]

In a manner of speaking.
I mean, for Len.
Then again, we weren't on spectacularly good terms, so anything's an improvement.

Friendly how specifically?

[pyrogue]

[ He meant flirtatious, but he doesn't know how to ask about that without a) imagining Piper's face and b) wanting to die a little inside and c) never having James let him live it down.


But there was something else that's been bothering him so he flakes decides to talk about that instead. ]

He said I was his oldest friend.

[airshow]

[ He's not prepared to deal with that just yet either. Maybe eventually. Maybe never. It's Len. ]

Not oldest frenemy?

[pyrogue]

Nope. "Close friend".

[airshow]

That sounds dubious.

[pyrogue]

Tell me about it. He say anything to you?

[ If Mick weren't too polite to read other people's network conversations, this is the part where he'd be Very Annoyed at "Mr. Leonard Rory-Snart". ]

[airshow]

He said a lot of things to me. Asked me how straight I was, for one.

[pyrogue]

[ There is a considerable pause.


AT LEAST IT'S NOT JUST HIM. ]


Did he keep saying "straight" without you knowing which way he meant it?

[airshow]

oh god



You too, huh?

[pyrogue]

For ten minutes. It kept happening.

[airshow]

So you'll definitely be getting that therapy?

[pyrogue]

Want to make it a group session?

[airshow]

We might need to.

... oh no what if he works his sensual magic on Piper???

[pyrogue]

...Should I ask?


If I have to play chaperone for Piper and Captain Cold, I quit.

[airshow]

Mick, you have to promise to kill me if that happens.

[pyrogue]

It should be enough that it's Cold, right?

I'll tell him to think of our Len talking like that. [ That's how HE's been coping. ]

[airshow]

SHIVER!!!

They'd murder each other within a week, right? I mean. It's THEM.

[pyrogue]

I don't want to think about it.

[airshow]

It's too late, I can't get off this roller coaster!

[pyrogue]

[ Okay, okay, he's going to calm down. Breathe, strike a match, remember he's not supposed to be striking matches and very reluctantly let it burn out. So it's a little bit before he sends: ]

Do you think it's better or worse than if he'd really shown up?

[airshow]

Better.

Probably.

I don't know. It's really annoying, and I hate to admit it, because I know better, but I actually kind of miss him. Or... us, or whatever.

[pyrogue]

[ There's another long pause. Mick hasn't seen Cold since the temple -- he knows they were going after the Rogues, they were gonna bring them down, but it's hard not to think about how things used to be. ]

I know what you mean. But maybe that's why it's better this way.

[airshow]

Too easy to fall back into bad habits?

[pyrogue]

Just got to stay strong.


You know, it's funny, I can never decide if I hate him of not. Few days ago, I'd have gladly watched him burn. But now... this one doesn't feel right at all. Like someone rearranged the furniture while you were out.